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  galaxyLogic
  Not sure I get it. Why a "ring"? Why not just have a list of web-site URLs on a page and share that page with your friends and ask them to put that page somewhere on their site?"Ring" means you are navigating linearly and circularly. Isn't it better to provide a list of links so users can choose where they want to go "next"?And why should I have to go around the whole "ring" to get back to where I started from? The Web is based on hyperlinks, not "hyper-rings".
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  throwaway0665
  I followed the web ring on the home page and the first person didn't continue the ring (they had no link to next) and the second webring only contained one other site. Pretty disappointing introduction to something I "need".
• ajxs
  In case you want a webring, but don't feel like setting up your own server to run it, I run a webring hosting service that you might find useful: https://webri.ng/
• lwhsiao
  I prefer opening: https://github.com/lukehsiao/openring-rsThe main idea being that you don't actually need to coordinate a real ring of links to easily link to posts on other blogs that you like.
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  chopete3
  The what and how parts are good but "why webring?" needs to be explained more.If the content is summarized and personalized for the user the search engine is already rendering similar pages.
• deadbabe
  Back in 2011, Yahoo’s obsession with gaining control of all webrings basically led to their downfall under Marissa Mayer.
• anon
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  ravetcofx
  This is what will keep the web more human as we go forward into AI slop commercial web crap. Hand build your sites, talk about things your passionate about, share stories, art, things you make. And the web-ring connects you too others in the community with things you share similar interests in. This is what the web was for. Not everything needs to be about making money
• shruubi
  > n+0 friendsDoes this still hold if n=0?
• heikkilevanto
  And you need to stop telling everyone what we need! "You might be interested in this <thing> if you have this and that" sounds so much more reasonable.
• hahahaa
  Another option is a Wander: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422759
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  amenghra
  Using a Cloudflare Worker to implement a web 0.9 feature
• anon
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• bobbytheblkbear
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